Title 207--JUDICIAL CONDUCT PART IV. COURT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE [207 PA. CODE CH. 21] Internal Operating Procedures of the Court of Judicial Discipline; Doc. No. 1 JD 94 [29 Pa.B. 645] Order Per Curiam
And Now, this 26th day of January, 1999, the Court, pursuant to Article 5, Section 18(b)(4) of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, having adopted an amendment to Section 208 of the Internal Operating Procedures, as more specifically hereinafter set forth, It Is Hereby Ordered:
That Section 208 of the Internal Operating Procedures shall become effective immediately.
Annex A TITLE 207. JUDICIAL CONDUCT PART IV. COURT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE ARTICLE IV. INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES CHAPTER 21. INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES FORMAL COMPLAINTS § 208. Disposition of Objections to Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.
Upon receipt of objections to the Court's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, the Court Administrator shall forward such objections to the members of the Court. The President Judge shall obtain responses of the members to the objections as to whether the objections have or lack merit and whether the filing of briefs and/or oral argument is warranted. When a majority of the Court concludes [that the objections lack merit and] that no briefs or argument is [necessary] warranted, the President Judge shall cause to be issued an Order disposing of the objections. If a majority of the Court concludes [that the objections have merit or] that the filing of briefs and/or oral argument is [necessary] warranted, the President Judge shall set a date for the filing of briefs and/or oral argument and thereafter cause to be drafted an order affirming the Court's Findings and Conclusions or addressing the revisions warranted by a majority of the Court, as the case may be.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-183. Filed for public inspection February 5, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
